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Beyond Enlightenment
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EDITORS’ NOTE
Part one of this book consists of various edited
excerpts, from different talks, retreats and
Claudio is adamant about not copyrighting these presentations that C. gave recently. Most of these
works, for reasons that he hopes will become took place on the West Coast of Canada, where he
self-evident to the reader, once the “message” is resides.
understood. The talks might seem a bit repetitive at first,
but that is the particular style of his teaching.
The main thrust, or “bottom line” as he likes
He can be reached through Destiny Books, at the to call it, is what is important to grasp and he tries
following addresses : to stay very focused on that, throughout his talks.
Ed.
Spring 2001
Claudio
CHAPTER ONE With huge openness. With a big, un-opinionated
mind. Because the implications of this…once the
whole meaning, or understanding of “God is
Location: An evening public talk, held at a Everything” truly sinks in… are life- changing.
library in Victoria, Canada.
I should start by saying that, obviously, we are
limited to using words; and words are poor
interpreters of thoughts; and thoughts are hopelessly
C. Hello everybody. Thanks for coming and inadequate at trying to express what “IT IS” that is
welcome. We’re going to get right down to the aware of thoughts themselves. i.e. this “I”.
“essence” right away and we’ll try to stay as
focused as possible on that and not wander off too So we are using these limited, inadequate words
much. tonight, to try to present a concept , that is used to
describe - and hopefully - point directly towards -
The “essence”, the very “bottom line” in this this ever-present “thing” that we keep calling “I ”.
teaching is this:
GOD ALONE EXISTS. ( pause )
Or, in other words, this thing that we call “God” Okay…So God is everything. Everything living
is… EVERYTHING. and non-living. Everything created and not yet
conceived. Everything visible and invisible. In the
Absolutely…Totally…Without exceptions… past, in the present, in the future, etc., etc…In this
dimension and all other dimensions. On this level
EVERY - THING. and all other levels. In this Universe and all other
Galaxies and Universes. Before, during and after
That is to say… they all become manifest…
God is ALL…
ALL OF IT…IS GOD.
There is nothing BUT God.
SOMEONE : I don’t like the word “God”.
ONLY God exists.
C. Pardon me ? Sorry ?
( pause )
GENT: The word “God”…It’s so “religiousy”…Its
We have to look at this very, very deeply. so…
Carefully. With great honesty. With great humility.
C. ( laughing ) …Yes, yes…Of course. It doesn’t Each blade of grass, each grain of sand, etc., etc…
matter. It doesn’t matter what you call “It”. These
are just words. Words that are trying to convey an What else ? Well, this must mean that “God” is also
idea. The idea being… your body. Right ? Your skin, your heart, liver,
stomach, blood cells…
“TOTALITY”… “ONE-NESS”
Please try and follow all this. Again, I
Please feel free to use ANY word you like… repeat…these are just words ; please try to
understand the meaning behind them...
Energy… Tao... Life…. Consciousness….
Kingdom of Heaven…. Buddha Nature…. So…What else is included in this concept of “God
Allah…. God…. The Source…. Nirvana… etc., is Everything” ?
Or make up your own word for IT! It doesn’t ( Lady raises her hand )
matter. These are all simply words!!!… that have
been used to TRY to describe the…SAME C. Yes…Please.
THING.
LADY: Your mind ?
Let’s cut through all of the different “languages”
and focus on the message that these words are C. Sure!!! Of course! Good. If God is everything,
trying to convey. All right ? then He/She/It is also your mind. Your very
thoughts. The source of all your thoughts. The
GENT: Okay. thoughts themselves…
So the word “God” points one towards this “ALL”. GENT: What about so called “bad” thoughts then?
“It”, He, She, The Energy, Consciousness, Etc., is Negative thoughts…
everything that surrounds you and I…RIGHT
NOW ! C. …Those too! No exceptions! So if God is ALL
THERE IS. Including “you” and “I”…and
The stars, the planets, the billions of galaxies. The everyone/everything else in existence. And He is
air you breath; the trees, plants, wildlife, insects… also the very essence of all thoughts, emotions,
Get it ? desires, plans and actions of EVERY-“THING”
and EVERY-“BODY”…Where does this leave Look…What are you “doing” in order to be here
“You” and “I” ? …right this very moment ?
C. Yes. Of course. The “I” IS in this room. “I am” Now…Sitting ?… Thinking ?… BEING ? …
in this room…no problem. However… “I am
“Stevie”, or “Bobby”, or “Mary”… in this Again…NO EFFORT… of any kind at all…
room”…BIG problem!
is needed, for all of this to “happen”. Thoughts just
GENT: But I am in this room!!! come and go and there’s simply an “awareness” of
them…
C. The “I AM”, which is Consciousness Itself, is
aware of being in this “room”…which is also GENT: But they are my thoughts…
Consciousness Itself.
C. They are under your control ?
( Consciousness being another name for God. Ed. )
GENT: ( laughing )…Sometimes!
( pause )
C. But not always!!! Why ?
GENT: Sometimes there are too many of LADY: I don’t exist then ??!!
them…or I’m too hyper and…
C: “I” is a manifestation of GOD, under the
C: But they are your thoughts, right ? If they are illusion that it is a separate entity, expressing
“yours”, you should be able to turn them on and off itself.
at will !
And this is where things become supremely
The reality, though, is this…In the exact same way pertinent…
that “you” have absolutely ZERO input and NO
control over the shape or colour of even one single It is the ILLUSION of being SEPARATE…that
strand of hair on your head …in that very same is the source of all suffering.
way…thoughts simply come and go.
When that ILLUSION of separateness finally
Thoughts, like everything else in existence, are evaporates…Peace, Harmony, Compassion,
placed there by God. And the “I AM”, which is Love… are seen everywhere.
forever present, is simply aware of them. That’s
all. GENT : I think I understand what your main thrust
is…
LADY: So I am this “I AM” ?
C. Good !…
C: GOD is the “I AM”, madam. THAT is the
understanding. GENT : …but the obvious question is : How can I
stop the illusion and realize that I am God…???
God ALONE exists.
C. ( Laughing ) No! No! It isn’t that you are God.
God alone is the “I AM”. It is that… Only God Is.
C. Yes! Exactly. How does this “I”…that is C. But all these events, if you watch carefully, just
actually just another manifestation of God “happen” ! It’s not that “you” get a job. A job
Itself…realize that it is an illusion and…so to appears. That “job situation” simply appears. It’s all
speak… “wake up” ? Right ? very effortless; very automatic; very…
How does “I” get rid of this illusion of LADY : Why do I get that job then and not
separateness? someone else ?
Look… “You” didn’t do anything to manifest C. Precisely. But much more importantly…I’m
yourself in this Life. You appeared here, in this saying this…
Universe…from God knows where…through your
mother…who also had nothing to do with … That the “you” that applies for the job; and the
it…and… after a few, short years in this Magical, “other” that applies for the job; and the job itself;
Mind-Blowing Cosmos you will…again…without and everybody else at that job; and the building
any input or even a say in the matter !!… “you” within which all these jobs happen…are ALL…
will be off again…God knows where!!! none other than different shapes and forms of…
Your arriving on this planet…your being here…and GOD Expressing ITSELF.
your inevitable departure…Simply “happens”.
In other words…it’s ALL God’s role.
( Pause…Silence…) All along…it was GOD that was looking for God.
God alone exists. He writes the script. He is all the LADY : So I don’t need to do anything…
actors. He acts out the play. He is the audience…the
stage…the props…and…HE ALONE… enjoys C : There never was an “I” !!! Do you see ? This
the show! feeling…This illusion…of a separate “me”…was
simply that…an illusion.
( Pause…Silence…)
An illusion can’t act because it doesn’t exist !
GENT : There remains the question of the illusion
of “I”. All along it was only Consciousness.
C. Quite right. Thank you. Let’s go back to that LADY : Which is God ?
right now.
C. Yes. You can call God “Consciousness” if you
So…all of this is understood. I understand like. No difference. It’s just a word…just a name.
intellectually; deeply; clearly; this concept . This
idea that “God Is Everything”. I understand that So all along…right this very moment…There is
the “I”, the “me”, the “ego”…or whatever you ONLY CONSCIOUSNESS that exists.
want to call it…never actually existed. It was just
another manifestation of God. That the separate “I” And our illusion of being a separate “I”, a
was an illusion all along. separate “me”, is actually just another
manifestation / expression of Consciousness Itself.
So…How do “I” get rid of this illusion ?…and get
to relax ! To let go ! To go home…to the “Source”. GENT : So there never was a “seeker” !
That’s the million dollar question, isn’t it ?
C. Correct ! The path was not “other” than the goal
LADY : That’s the Spiritual Search, right ? all along.
Wanting to re-unite with God…To find Peace.
LADY : I still get the feeling …the desire or
C. Yes ! Exactly ! And the big joke is on us, drive…that “I” need to work towards It somehow.
because…
C. That’s not a problem. IF you understand that the
THERE WAS NOTHING BUT GOD desire or drive is not “your” desire or drive. That it
ALL ALONG! is God’s “desire”. That HE places that drive in
another shape and form of HIS. That the “you” is LADY : I am just a puppet !!!
ACTUALLY… HIM expressing HIMSELF.
C. ( laughing ) You could put it that way.
Then there is no problem at all.
LADY : A puppet that thinks it actually exists.
C. Yes.
Let the desire come…you have no choice anyway !.
and let the desire go…again , you have no choice. It LADY : When will the illusion end?
comes and goes by the Grace of God’s Will Alone.
C. Exactly when God wills it ! The illusion of
And All is Well. separateness ; of suffering; of not being “home”..
Will end exactly the same way it began…
LADY : I don’t need to meditate then ? To pray ?
To be good ? When GOD wills it.
C. If “you” meditate, it is actually just meditation LADY : I will be enlightened when God wills it?
that “happens”. Prayer happens in “you” if that is
“your” destiny. Being good will also simply, C. No ! When God wills it, the illusion of a
effortlessly take place, if it is meant to be. And all separate “I” will totally disappear and only God
of this, will or will not happen…absolutely will remain.
automatically. With NO EFFORT on “your” part,
because…again… “You” is an illusion. ( pause…)
LADY : So I don’t have my own will? You see… “Enlightenment” is simply this…
C. You don’t have your own will because a The awareness that ONLY GOD has ever
separate, individual “You” never existed. existed.
That is the message here. The concept here is That is enlightenment. The question of
that only God exists…He is EVERYTHING. enlightenment itself is finally dropped completely!
There is only God’s will…That He places in this Enlightenment…which can only happen by the
manifestation of Himself…that “you” mistakenly Grace of God…is when the illusion of a separate
call “you”. “I” completely dissolves…and there remains
ONLY the…
ORIGINAL COSMIC ESSENCE suffering. THAT is the understanding. It’s God’s
suffering.
GENT : When I am here, I can feel all of this. I
understand it. I see it clearly. My illusion of The CLEAR realization of this, is referred to as
separateness does dissolve. But later on…outside… Enlightenment…Liberation…Peace.
C. Yes. No problem. You see… “you” are here May we please be quiet and still for a few minutes?
because it is God’s will. “I” am speaking because Let us Let Go and Let God for a few moments.
“I” can’t help it. It is ALL God’s will. God’s
actions. No problem. In the next moment, no one ( silence for 20 minutes )
can know what will happen. Again…No problem.
C. Thank you all for coming.
Whatever happens will be God…The
Totality…The Tao…The Universe… simply
carrying on…with IT’S role.
C. Thank you all for coming out this evening. It’s ( laughter…)
not the best of weathers and I appreciate your effort.
But it’s so terribly important to understand that
I’ve got some good news and some bad news… even though the message might be presented in
totally different ways…the fundamental Core,
( laughter… ) Subject, or Truth, is exactly the same in all of
them.
Actually…it’s good news, bad news and then some
great news. So please don’t worry ! They are all pointing towards the same
Fundamental Source. And this Source or Truth is
( more laughter… ) IMPOSSIBLE to express in words, because of It’s
very Nature.
Okay. The good news is this…
So one is reduced to presenting the Truth in the
AT ALL TIMES there is nothing other than form of different Metaphors, Similies…Concepts.
One-ness, Harmony, Perfection and Peace. And there are so many different concepts that are
used to TRY to convey, or “point one towards”, this
The bad news… is that most people don’t see It. Ever-Present, Boundless, Universal Presence for
which one stumbles for words in an effort to try to
The GREAT news…is that…IT DOESN’T express.
MATTER !
Which is the “right” word ? God ? Reality ?
LADY : ( a long, drawn out “Ohhhh”!!! ) Heaven ? Nirvana… Buddha Nature...Allah…
Peace…Tao…Consciousness…Brahman ???
C. This is a “Spiritual” bookstore. There are so
many books here that, at first, it might seem that But no matter which words are used, they all boil
they are presenting different messages. There is the down to this…
Christian section. The Hindu section. The Buddhist,
Taoist, Muslim section, etc., etc.. That this “Thing” called God is...
EVERYTHING. ( pause )
The whole thrust, the whole concept or message, The Universes, the Galaxies, the stars, the Whole
from all the Teachers in the past is simply this… Cosmos. All that is beyond the Cosmos as well.
“THAT” within which the Cosmos exists. All that
THAT GOD IS EVERYTHING. that was before the Cosmos. Everything that will
come after…
TOTALLY.
ALL OF “LIFE”…The oceans…the billions of
THAT GOD ALONE EXISTS. fish species…the jungles…the mountains and
desserts. In this world and in all other worlds…
THAT THERE IS NOTHING OTHER THAN
GOD. God is ALL this.
LADY : But my mind…my brain…my ego…they C. Yes ! Precisely. Most people say the same
all tell me that I exist ! I am in this bookstore. thing. This desire, this yearning, this passion seems
Right? to have always been there. Right?
It’s like this : God alone exists. He writes the play C. The point is this :
called Life. He manifests HIMSELF into all the
different props, locations and… of course… THE END OF SUFFERING.
ACTORS… ( like “you” and “me” ) .
He manifests HIMSELF into an audience. HE then When you truly understand this concept clearly.
acts out each and every part . HE then watches When you truly see that ALL things spring up
HIMSELF doing it all…and then wraps it all up FROM and are an expression OF this…
when it’s all over. And then…maybe…starts up
another whole new play again. Who knows ? ONE SOURCE ONE ENERGY
ONE ESSENCE ONE CONSCIOUSNESS
GENT : ( Inaudible )
When you really understand that it is all ONE
C. Sorry, Sir. Could you speak up, please ?
An Infinite…Boundless…Seamless…
GENT : So I am just an actor in a play ?
WHOLE
That “THAT” is all that is going on…moment for Let us “Let Go and Let God” right now.
moment… Let us relax and expand into His Vast Immensity.
C. If the feeling of Oneness is there…Beautiful. No When the illusion of “I” is dropped completely.
problem. God makes it so. When there is no more “I” and “other”…and there
remains only this Infinite, Eternal, Boundless,
If the feeling is replaced by suffering, angst, feeling Seamless…WHOLE…this GOD.
of separateness…Beautiful. No problem. God
makes it so. Then THAT is enlightenment.
C. I am very happy for you. The assumption of an “I” being enlightened would
simply never arise.
GENT : So enlightenment does exist then ?
( Silence…Long pause…)
C. In the absolute sense…No ! Bummer , eh ?
GENT : Thank you very much.
( laughter )
C. Thank you. Thank you all for coming.
You see…When we talk about enlightenment, it
immediately re-enforces the illusion of some “me”
or “I”, that is going to attain or experience this
enlightenment. Right ? But when we realize clearly,
deeply, that all there is …is GOD…Then where is
this “I” that can be enlightened ?
( pause )
C. Good morning everyone. May we start with ten
minutes of silence, please ? Let’s go slowly, here. Let’s stay very focused on the
main message…i.e. That God alone, is absolutely
( ten minutes pass…) Everything , at all times. Okay ?
GENT : When I am here…in this setting…I find C. Part of that “everything”, is this physical
myself being unusually calm and peaceful. I can see manifestation called “you”. God manifests Himself
and understand the message you present, quite in billions of different forms. “You” being merely
clearly… “one” of them. This unique, one-of-a-kind
“you”…thinks, behaves and acts…according to the
C. Yes. way it has been programmed , to think, behave and
act.
GENT : And this might last for a while, but then
the old ways… Or…in other words…GOD thinks, behaves and
acts, in a certain way, as HE expresses HIMSELF
C. The old ways keep coming back. Right ? in this form, that you call “I”.
GENT : Sometimes I understand all this…right The Realization of this… sets this “you” free.
now for example. I can see it clearly. But I just
know that it… LADY : Or not !
C. Yes, yes…that it will go away. The clarity goes C. EXACTLY ! Free or not ! No difference. No
away. And you want to know how “you” can hold problem.
on to this Understanding , this Peace ? Right ?
( pause )
GENT : Yes. Of course. How can I…
We have to understand this point very, very,
C. You can’t ! You can’t. Because this “you” is clearly , because it’s crucial.
a mirage!
( pause )
In this concept…and I repeat again and again , that
all this is just a concept… A way of pointing Again. I repeat. “You” will understand all of this IF
towards …a certain Realization… GOD wills it. Only God can will it, because HE is
the ONLY THING THAT ACTUALLY EXISTS.
In this concept… “you” don’t exist. The ONLY
reality that actually exists…is God. When God decides to bring Illumination or
Enlightenment…to a particular form of His…then
Which means that sometimes God appears as an it will be so.
idea in “your” head, that “you” are separate; that
“you” are a seeker; a sufferer; etc., etc…And you “ Enlightenment ” being …
have no control over that input.
The spontaneous Realization that ONLY GOD
OR… is.
…Sometimes…God totally clears the mind; That only God ever existed and that all
eliminates all illusion of “I”, “other”… and all other concepts, ideas and beliefs of a separate “I” or
imaginings of separation…and all that remains “me” were simply illusions…that God Himself
behind is pure, limitless Cosmic Essence. created…
THAT IS “ENLIGHTENMENT.
In other words ; Only God can make you feel lost ; ( After a long Silence…)
and only God can take away the illusion of a “you”,
that believes in this or that. LADY : Is it good to attend talks such as these ?
GENT : So there’s no point in “seeking” ? I don’t LADY : Do you have any choice in giving these
need to try ? talks or not ?
C. There’s absolutely no choice. That is the C. Thank you for asking! ( Laughing…) NO ! Of
Realization. course not! That’s the whole Message ! The
whole point ! It’s God’s will. Tomorrow
What is It ??… that is seeking ? Not “you” ! So everything could change !
relax.
GENT : You don’t know what’s going to happen
“You”, have no control over any of it ; at any time. tomorrow ?
If God wills it, enlightenment is sought. We can C. Of course not ! But I do know that
call this “Destiny”. If it is your destiny to be a tomorrow…just like today and yesterday…the only
seeker, you will seek. If it is your destiny to actions that will occur will be God’s actions.
meditate, then you must meditate. If you have been
programmed to chase money, fame, drugs…then If it is God’s will that tomorrow His presence will
that is exactly what will “happen”… effortlessly, be pronounced…or not…in this form of His ( C.
naturally, automatically. There is no choice other points to his own body )…that is completely up to
than to proceed with that. Him.
IT’S NOT YOU !! Tomorrow, this ( pointing to his own body again )
could turn into a raving madman ; or could get hit
If you let go of the illusion of a separate you. If by a car ; or could commit suicide. It is all God’s
you Realize that God is…absolutely… will. His actions. Do you see ? It’s God’s play. His
Creation.
EVERYTHING…
LADY : Does it help to have a Teacher ? A Guru ?
Then suffering comes to an end.
C. It could mean that things are “progressing”…
Let’s sit quietly for a few minutes. and these are just words now…in a positive
fashion. But not always ! Only God knows the C. Please go slowly here…
ending of every script.
We have to be very careful when trying to
LADY : But what I mean is…Even though we understand the Guru concept.
really have no choice…Is it a good thing to have a
Teacher or Guru ? ULTIMATELY…the Guru IS God. JUST LIKE
the student is ALSO God. Just like each and every
C. You see…the Guru thing is mostly an Eastern blade of grass…is none other than God Alone.
concept. To have a spiritual Master…or Guru…is
mostly an Indian thing. And like all concepts, it can One hundred percent…completely…Totally.
work very well…or not…depending on the
understanding of it all…by both the Guru and the NOTHING BUT GOD EVER EXISTS.
seeker.
( pause )
GENT : Could you talk about that a little, please ?
What makes the Guru “different”, is that the
C. Sure… Realization of One-Ness is more present in the
“Guru” manifestation of God…And not quite there,
First of all, we have to CLEARLY ESTABLISH in the “student” manifestation of God.
that…
But please remember ; that ultimately…there is
The Guru…just like the student…doesn’t absolutely NO DIFFERENCE between the two.
actually exist.
LADY : Does the Guru think of himself as God ?
Remember…God ALONE exists.
C. The thought would never arise…simply because
The only difference between the two (the Guru and the Guru is living the reality that ONLY God
the Student), is that in the Guru, there is…to a lesser exists.
or greater degree…an Understanding or
Realization of that Fact. From the Guru “point of view”…there IS no Guru
anymore.
In other words ; The Guru lives the Reality that
ONLY God exists. There is no “Guru” point of view.
GENT : Are you saying that the Guru is God ? The Guru realizes that any thoughts, desires,
actions…that come and go within his/her “form” or
“body”…are just different shapes and forms of God So the Guru is in a position to talk about, to point
morphing into and out of Himself Alone. towards… this Reality…this Very Essence of All
Things.
GENT : So the Guru is not “ God Himself ” ?
GENT : Are the images on the screen real ?
C. Only GOD is God !!!
And the Guru…by the Grace Of God…is a C. They are real images. Only images. The solid,
manifestation of that Truth. never changing Reality…is the Screen. The
Now… “Screen” being GOD.
( pause…)
GENT : So where do the images come from ?
That “Truth”… carries with it a certain kind
of…Perhaps we could call it… “Presence” or C. Oh no!! ( laughing ) We’re getting lost in
“Resonance”. Which certain seekers will confusing metaphors. It’s my fault. Sorry.
harmonize with…and others will not . Depending
on the Guru and depending on the seeker. Okay…Let’s say it’s like this …
Once this is understood…All seeking ends. Just a few more words on all this and then we’ll
wrap it up…
Because this insight dissolves the seeker. Both the
illusion of a “Guru” and the illusion of a “Seeker”, Here in the Western world, words like Guru and
simply evaporate into the reality of Oneness. Disciple are so very, very heavily loaded with
preconceptions and misconceptions. It’s almost
Now…IF the Guru understands and lives this impossible for a Westerner to really grasp and use
reality…then it might be beneficial to hang around the Guru concept without getting lost in it. It’s far
him/her for a while…in order for this Realization to more freeing here to use words such as “Teacher”
become ever more deeper and clearer. and “Student”.
The bottom line is this : If you are interested in C. No problem ! You want another Mathematics
Mathematics, you could study it in a variety of lesson ! ( laughter ) It would be my great pleasure
ways: You could buy a bunch of books and go it to give it.
alone. You could ask a neighbour or friend, who
studied Maths, once upon a time, for pointers. And Thank you all very much for coming.
any of these ways might be enough to satisfy your
appetite for the subject. But if…because of God’s
programming in you…you want to get a clear
insight into E=Mc2 …then it would be best to seek
out a University Mathematics professor .
Somebody who lives and breathes Mathematics !
Maths is literally his/her make-up.
C . Sure.
Location : Evening get-together, at a Friend’s You think and act the way you do, because God
home in Victoria, B.C. creates it so. You have absolutely no choice at all
in acting in any other fashion !
C. Hello everyone. Could we have ten minutes of The thought that you have any say in the matter, is
silence together, please ? misguided. The idea that you have a “will”, is an
illusion. How so? Because God is EVERYTHING.
Thank you very much. Any questions ? God is “your” body. God is “your” mind. God is
“your” thoughts. And God alone carries out all of
LADY : This morning you were emphasizing the “your” actions. There never was a separate “you”
idea that God is everything, including our will and in the first place.
our thoughts themselves.
So…if you think that you have an option to think
C. Yes. or act in a particular manner…Please TRY and do
so !
LADY : What bothers me, of course, is that that
implies that I can go ahead and act absolutely any You’ll find that if you haven’t been programmed by
which way I want and it’s all okay ! Because it isn’t God to be a thief, a killer, a lunatic…you simply
really me, right ? I can steal…and lie…and… WILL NOT BE ABLE to think or act in that
particular way !
C. Okay. You are asking…What about morals ?
What about personal responsibility ? What about If God hasn’t programmed in you the ability to hurt
personal responsible actions ? How should one act? another living being ; If those “genes” aren’t part of
the make-up HE created “you” with ; If that isn’t
LADY : Yes. Obviously. I mean…if it’s not “me” part of your Destiny…then “you” will be
doing anything. If they are not “my” thoughts ; INCAPABLE of carrying out those types of
why bother working for a living ? Why not… actions.
C. Sure ! Why not just rob banks ? Why not rape GENT : So Hitler was innocent !!!
and pillage on Friday nights ? ( laughing )
C. There was no Hitler ! THAT is the
LADY : Yes. understanding here. “Hitler” was just another
manifestation of Life …of Creation…of God.
God took the form of “Hitler” and inflicted an …was/is simply a manifestation of the Infinite or
enormous amount of pain and suffering on millions God.
of other different shapes/forms/manifestations of…
HIMSELF. Understanding this clearly…brings an end to
suffering.
GENT : ( Disgusted ) It sounds so heartless…so
cruel…So stupid ! What’s the point ? LADY : But wars are still happening ! People will
still suffer !
C : The problem is this…
C. Suffering itself , will still be there. But people
We don’t see the WHOLE picture ! themselves , if the understanding is there, would
not suffer PERSONALLY.
There is absolutely no way of knowing how or
why this Boundless, Infinite Universe is playing Suffering would still be there, but it wouldn’t be
Itself out. We are just the teeniest, tiniest specs of THEIR suffering.
illusion, floating around this…literally…Infinite
Mind of God. Let’s put it this way : From an average person’s
point of view… “He” lives… “He” suffers… “He”
We do not have the capacity to judge. dies.
Me ! Me ! Me !
LADY : But why all the suffering ?
From a sages point of view…
C. For Life, as we know it, to carry on ! There is
“Good” because there is “Bad”. There is “Pleasure” Only GOD lives…only GOD suffers…only GOD
because there is “Pain”. There is “I” because there dies.
is “Other”. There is “Joy” because there is
“Sorrow”…i.e. There is Life. GENT : There is no suffering for a sage?
The Sum Total of it ALL…is GOD. C. There is no SAGE for a sage ! There is ONLY
God.
LADY : So Hitler then…?
To a sage, suffering is something that happens
C. So Hitler…just like Jesus…just like within God’s OWN Essence.
Stalin…just Buddha…just like YOU and I…just
like…
ABSOLUTELEY EVERYTHING…
In other words…The Realization is there that only And if God has not programmed “you” to behave in
God exists. There IS no “sage” to experience a gentle fashion, you’ll carry on driving like a
suffering…or anything else for that matter. maniac in traffic…giving everybody the
finger…Because “you” can’t help it. Because ALL
ALL events are created by…and experienced by… actions are God’s actions…And sometimes HE
likes to drive really irresponsibly !
GOD ALONE .
( Laughter )
If only God exists…What is this “you” that is
suffering? LADY : So reading inspiring books…reading
about spiritual things…
LADY : I think I see what you’re pointing at. So
my original question, of whether I should act C. Is great ! No problem ! All that will happen, if
responsibly or not…is irrelevant ? God wills it. “You” can take no credit for any of it.
The thought, “I want to do good”, is placed there by
C. Yes. You can simply go on acting exactly the God. It just appears. And that might lead to
same way that “you” have always acted. Why ? studying books that inspire. And that might lead to
Because you have never had the choice to act in good deeds…IF that is what GOD has in mind. Not
any other way ! Because that is the way God has you. “You” cannot create a thought. “You” can
programmed Himself to act, in this form of HIS , only receive them. They simply come and go. And
which you mistakenly think of as “yours”. the body/mind effortlessly and spontaneously reacts
to them.
In other words ; You can carry on living AS IF you
have a choice. AS IF you exist. But actually We cannot create a thought in the very same way
knowing that it is ALL nothing but God. that we can’t “create” our next breath. Our next
heart-beat. One single hair on the body.
God’s Being. God’s Will. God’s Actions.
If you watch closely, you’ll notice that
GENT : I just want to make sure that I’m getting
this concept exactly right. So if I can’t help acting EVERYTHING…INCLUDING “I”
“bad”…because it’s actually God that is the
“Doer”…then I also can’t force myself to be …is ALREADY effortlessly here.
“good”…?
This ties in very simply with the main concept…
C. Right ! Exactly right. If it is God’s will, God
will perform “good” deeds through “your” body. That only ONE THING exists.
One…Universal…All-Encompassing… CHAPTER FIVE
Indivisible
Location : Morning get-together, at a Friend’s
WHOLE home, Victoria.
Which is ALSO a facet of the Whole. I’d like to go over the main theme that we discussed
last night. The main theme being…
The absolute, very bottom line… ? ONENESS and all that it implies.
GOD ALONE EXISTS Please do try and stay on this concept, because it’s
so easy to get side-tracked into other issues and
So don’t worry…Be Happy ! concepts ; and that will only confuse the
understanding.
( Laughter )
( pause )
Thank you all for coming.
Okay…So the main theme is simply this :
That only God actually exists.
GENT : I just spent the better part of twenty years, ( a long pause…silence )
looking for some kind of “Truth”.
C. Yes! You see! That’s the correct understanding!
C. Yes.
When one really understands ; Clearly. Deeply.
GENT : I’ve practiced just about every type of Totally…This concept of Oneness. That ALL there
spiritual discipline that exists… is, is God. That God is All in All. Then the “ego” or
“I”, completely loses it’s “reality”. There is no
C. Yes. more ; “I am Johnny”, or “I am Suzie”. There
remains only an un-spoken sense of “I AM”. And
GENT : And now I feel that it has all just this “I AM” is realized to be impersonal. It is
vanished…I mean…Totally !…Completely ! I absolutely BOUNDLESS. INFINITE . Totally and
don’t have the slightest interest in any of it right completely un-graspable by anything other than It’s
now. I just feel… own Self. This “I AM” is pure Consciousness or
God. This “I AM” Consciousness is exactly the
C. Peaceful. same in… every “body”… and… every “thing”.
C. NO ! Enlightenment is the Realization that C. All actions are “good” ! It is God that performs
there IS… NO “YOU” ! all deeds…So all deeds are good !
GENT : An illusion created by God ! The illusion C. ( laughing ) Yes ! And if it’s God’s will that
itself is ALSO God …! “you” spends another twenty years, under the
illusion of an “I” seeking…No problem ! Because
C. EXACTLY ! OF COURSE ! it would simply be His doing…Not yours .
I hope that I’m explaining it in a clear fashion ?
The idea of a separate “I”, that thinks “IT” is
meditating, is an illusion…created by God. GENT : Yes, yes. It’s very, very clear right now.
Now I can…
Therefore we say…If you wish to meditate…or
not…that is perfectly okay …IF you have a clear C. Now…”you” can carry on doing whatever “it”
understanding that it is ALL happening according wants to…KNOWING that it is ALWAYS…
to…GOD’S will. It is God who decides to meditate
or not, within this body of HIS , that “you” ONLY GOD THAT IS THE DOER .
mistakenly identify as … “yours”.
GENT : Thank you so very much.
If you practice meditation…or anything else for
that matter … thinking that “you” are the doer ; C. Thank you, everyone.
CHAPTER SIX What does this mean ? It means that, all of a
sudden, in that particular person, there is a desire of
wanting to “relax” or “let go”.
Location : Evening get-together. Same home.
Now… “Let Go” of what, exactly ?
So if we start our investigation into the subject of The natural yearning, sooner or later, is for ONLY
meditation with that understanding, things will be a the very SOURCE of this thing called “I”.
lot easier to grasp.
So meditation is simply this :
( pause )
The practice of “Letting Go” of ALL illusions
Okay. So God , for some reason, has brought about and concepts… ESPECIALLY INCLUDING
the desire to meditate, in a particular shape/form of the concept or CONVICTION of what / where
His…Joey, Suzie, Stevie. this “I” actually is.
( pause ) To put it another way ; “You” don’t have to do
anything in order to meditate…Just Be Here.
Please understand this part very clearly : It
doesn’t matter if the “I” has “negative” thoughts or GOD IS ALREADY DOING EVERYTHING .
“positive” thoughts. Spiritual thoughts or worldly
thoughts. It doesn’t matter if the “I” is under the So let’s relax and let go for thirty minutes.
illusion that it is seeking enlightenment or a brand
new Cadillac. All of this isn’t the issue. ( Silence )
What matters , is that the “I” comes to the C. Thank You. Any questions, please ?
understanding, the direct, immediate experience
of it’s own True Nature. True Nature being… LADY : I find it so easy to completely let go when
I’m here. And I love it ! It feels that that is what
That Cosmic Essence that is “illuminating”… I’ve always been searching for. I feel so peaceful…
“generating”… that is the very SOURCE …of
the “I”. C. Peace comes from letting go of our
imaginings of what “I” is. From letting go of
So the realization, sooner or later, is that it was the ALL concepts of separateness.
Source all along.
When one isn’t concerned anymore with whether
It was the Source / God that felt separated ; that felt the “I” is meditating or seeking “enlightenment”…
it was suffering. It was God / The Source that then peace prevails.
decided to seek wisdom or Truth. And it was God
that found Itself in the form of “Enlightenment”. You see ; the desire for God, the desire for Peace,
the desire for Enlightenment…Is no different from
This revelation allows one to “Let go”. Either bit any other type of desire . Money, fame, power.
by bit. Or… Instantly…Totally.
All desires simply re-enforce the illusion of a
( Pause ) separate “ego” or “I”.
So meditation is God letting go. Not “you”. So With the final understanding that ALL IS GOD , all
relax ! Let go. striving naturally and effortlessly drops away.
God is coming to the surface, so to speak, and all The illusion of a separate “ego” is annihilated. It
“you” have to do is surrender . Expand yourself vanishes. There is this tremendous sense of release.
into the ever-present Infinity. Let go.
Of expansion . There can be no more suffering, GOD ALONE .
because there is no more “you” to suffer.
GOD ALONE EXPERIENCES GOD .
Only God remains . And this realization brings on
this incredible sense of
AT ALL TIMES… It is ONLY God , experiencing
Peace…Harmony…Connectedness. God.
GENT : What is it then, that experiences this The understanding of that…is “Enlightenment”.
Peace, if it’s not the “I” ?
C. That is the time we introduce the thinking mind Letting go of “trying to figure out” enlightenment,
to the BIGGEST possible “concept”. is also crucial . Because only God can figure God
out. Anything else is just the play of the thinking
That is when the mystics… the Buddhas, the mind again.
Christs, the Zen and Sufi Masters, etc.,…all
scramble around, looking for impossible words to LADY : So one could say that a sociopath is
describe … actually already as God-saturated as a saint !
The In-Describable. The Un-Knowable. C. Has always been ! Will always be ! Can you tell
us why, please ?
The Un-Manifest. The Limitless.
LADY : Because neither of them ever existed ,
The NON-DUAL . except as illusions of their “own” egos…Which
God also created !
SO LET’S JUST CALL IT …GOD .
C. YES ! YES ! ( laughing ) EXACTLY !!!
God ISN’T the right word, of course. It doesn’t WONDERFUL !
describe It. There IS no word to describe It.
I think YOU should come and sit in this chair and
But we use the word God anyway. It’s as good as give the rest of the talk ! Very, very good.
any other word that could be used.
( Laughter )
So…The question is… “What IS “It” that
experiences this Peace”? LADY : So ultimately, it is totally irrelevant
whether “we” suffer in delusion or attain
enlightenment. It has always been nothing but God We go from the personal to the impersonal. From
all along. the fragmented illusion of separateness , to the…
LADY : Thank you so very much. It’s such a GENT : I’ve never really thought of myself as
liberating revelation. being a “seeker”. Never felt to be religious. But the
understanding of what you’ve been presenting
C. For whom ? here…Makes me feel so…
Not with the usual, small, petty, illusory mind. Not C. I’m SO glad you mentioned this. Because that
with the little, limited, self-engrossed, “me”, “me”, IS the final feeling…or outcome…of meditation.
“me” mind. All that has been dropped . It’s a feeling of Reverence…Humility…Worship.
VAST… BOUNDLESS ... INFINITE MIND. Please try to remember this, when you face another
person. Remember that that other person is also the
A COSMIC MIND… Infinite in the flesh.
that is totally unconcerned with…and liberated You are Infinity , greeting another manifestation of
from…any concept of a personal experience or Infinity.
gain whatsoever.
We should bow down before All of Creation .
THAT… IS THE MESSAGE HERE . CHAPTER SEVEN
( room is very still and quiet ) C. To whom ? Who is feeling this feeling ?
Any questions ? Please feel free. GENT : Because only God has ever existed. It’s
all just God in different shapes and forms of
GENT : I’m feeling so good right now. So Himself.
expanded and liberated. But I have this fear that this
will all vanish tomorrow. As soon as I get back at C. Yes ! Very good . You’ve got a very clear
work…It’s so hyper out there… understanding of it all. So please don’t worry
about anything .
C. And you want to know what you can do to
retain this wonderful feeling of Peace and Harmony, You now know that tomorrow might arrive…or it
right ? might not. Tomorrow might be full of suffering, or
full of Enlightenment. It might be business as usual,
GENT : Yes. or it could be the end of the world. You don’t
know. And you don’t know, because only GOD
C. But you now know exactly what the answer to knows.
your question is. You know what the answer is.
And only God knows, because ONLY HE EXISTS
And the deep ,clear, un-shakeable understanding ONE ONENESS
of this…
SETS YOU FREE . God is all there is. THAT is your Legacy.
If there is suffering, you now know that it’s not God’s Play is proceeding perfectly.
“YOU” suffering. It’s not YOUR suffering.
Because there IS no SEPARATE “you”. All Things are a perfect expression of…
Then “Letting Go and Letting God” can happen HIS OWN SELF .
in the truest sense of the phrase.
Absolutely… Everything…Everywhere…
So…If it is GOD’S Will… Is Sacred.
Please try to take time off, during the day, to Please focus on all of this. Don’t lose your Self in
meditate on your Original Essence . illusions.
Remind yourself of It, if you can. Understand the meaning behind the words…
But now you know what I mean. and all illusions of Suffering or Enlightenment, will
equally cease to be.
Please PRACTICE this Understanding.
Everything will blend into that Magical Essence,
Leave a note for yourself on your fridge. ( laughter) that Unspeakable Wholeness that we call God.
It can simply say… “Let Go and Let God”. That’s
all.
Thank you all very much.
Please take heart in the fact that All Things are in
Harmony. In Balance.
Completely…Totally…Un-Conditionally
APPEARS .
The Wondrous Whole To meditate
is ALL that exists . is to Let Go.
Just Be Still.
In Peace
becomes apparent .
Be Still.
The practice of Letting Go There is absolutely
is called Meditating. nothing more to Meditating…
In meditation
nothing needs to be “done” .
Effortlessly .
Quietly .
Absolutely Un-Contrived .
Calmly .
Quietly.
Just sitting .
Utterly still inside.
Innocently. Openly. Receptively.
Slow down .
Absolute effortlessness .
That’s okay too.
Don’t fight it .
When the mind has let go…
Be patient.
Sit quietly.
Strive to keep Be diligent.
your meditation pure.
If any appear…
Let them be .
or upsetting,
Keep it spotless.
back to
Crystal Clear.
Effortless Being .
Every day… Don’t be concerned with
wanting to “experience” your meditation.
Strive for…
Have faith .
A clearer Meditation.
exactly as It should.
Please remember…
while meditating,
There is no separation.
is meditation itself .
No questions…
When one lets go completely
In this
Greatest of Immensities…
Pure Being.
Love pours in .
AFTERWORD
I urge you…please…
No illusions. No enlightenments.
No here. No there.
No this . No that.
No “I” . No “other”.
Boundless…Infinite…Timeless.
Natural…Effortless…Un-Contrived .